Nokia Lumia 520 Review. Information on other important connection technologies supported by the device
Finally got to us the most affordable smartphone On Windows 8. Nokia Lumia 520 in Ukraine you can buy approximately 1600 hryvnia, while you get the same platform and chipset as in the more expensive Nokia Lumia 720.
Specifications Nokia Lumia 520
| Nokia Lumia 520. | |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows. Phone 8. |
| Display | 4 inches, 480x800 points (pixel density ~ 235 ppi), multitouch, 16 million colors |
| CPU | double Qualcomm MSM8227 1 GHz, Video Adreno 305 |
| RAM | 512 MB |
| Flash memory | 8 GB + microSD card slot |
| Camera | 5 MP, 2592x1944 Points, Geotaging |
| Wireless technology | Wi-Fi B / G / N, Bluetooth 3.0 + A2DP |
| Interfaces | micro-USB, access to headphones 3.5 mm |
| Communication | 2G 850/900/1800/1900, 3G 850/900/1900/2100 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS. |
| Battery | lithievo-ion, 1430 ma-h, removable |
| Sizes and weight | 120x64x10 mm, 128 grams |
Contents of delivery
Smartphone, removable battery, USB cord, charger, headset, user manual.
Appearance and design
Small, neat, with rather sharp corners and slightly rounded back, Nokia Lumia 520 is a typical Windows-smartphone of a new generation. Devices on this platform have acquired their own style: both most popular manufacturer Such smartphones prefer such a form, and also - bright colors. Lumia 520 is no exception. It is available in yellow, red, black and white variants of replaceable rear panels. We went to testing "Girl" white, and before we kept red in our hands, too, for the most part, designed for a female audience.
The smartphone is somewhat shorter and already your older neighbor in the ruler, Lumia 720, whose overview you could read. At the same time, Lumia 520 is about a millimeter thicker, because of which it does not seem as elegant as the elder brother.
But, unlike the latter, it has a removable rear and battery, and, in addition, the SIM card is not necessary to use a special staple-like key, which I personally got it. Here the card for communication is securely hidden below the removable lid, not far from the microSD connector. To insert the map, you will have to remove the battery.
Replaceable panel, by the way, is not very easy to disconnect, for this you need a strong nail. The back itself is thin, easily bent. Nevertheless, in his groove it is fastened well. In general, the assembly as for the "state employee" is quite worthy, notable gaps were not, as well as inappropriate creaks.
With iPhone 4S
On the right side there is a volume rocker, then the power button and, finally, at the bottom - the camera button. In my opinion, it is not very convenient to reach her with a thumb of the right hand, but when the left is enough - somewhat natural.
Below is the MicroUSB connector, upstairs - minijack for the headset. Whiteness (in our case) the rear surface of the smartphone dilute only the chamber's eyes without an outbreak, the company's logo, as well as a small speaker, which is still closed when it is located on the plane. Three sensory buttons are isolated on a dark body with white. They are not highlighted, but it does not create problems.
Display
Nokia Lumia 720 and 520
Screen smartphone Nokia. Lumia 720 is undoubtedly worthy of respect. It is unlikely that I am very mistaken, calling it the best among all the smartphones of the price category up to 3000 hryvnia (12,000 rubles). In the younger Lumia 520, everything is not so rosy, but it is quite natural. Still, the smartphone is much smaller. Nevertheless, despite the price of 1600 hryvnia, the manufacturer presented the IPS-matrix smartphone (let's say, Lumia 620 has no such luxury).
The viewing angles are wide here, but if you look at the display side, the image is read, but the main color still darkens. In addition, in bright days especially replacing glare. The resolution of the four-linked screen 800x480 points, like 620 or 720. Someone will say that it is not enough, I will say - grabs with your head. The picture is quite pleasant, although not so bright and rich, like Lumia 720, protective glass Gorilla Glass 2 is not here, like True Black, that is, black is somewhat gray. But the contrast level is high here (910: 1). And also - an excellent ultra-sensitive sensor that allows a smartphone in gloves. The display understands up to 5 simultaneous touchs - more than enough for 4 inches diagonally.
With iPhone 4S
Camera
The results of the five-megapixel module of the camera can not be called "starry": the colors are pale, the detailing with insufficient lighting is weak, there are no flashes. But still, again, it is not poured to focus on the price of the device. For budget smartphone The camera is good enough. As in the older model, the "Smart Photo" functions are implemented here (several frames in a row are made, then you can choose a person for each member of the group photo from any of the frames and connect them), "revived photos" (the selected piece of the picture "move") and "Panorama".
And the camera writes such a video.
System and productivity
In fact, the processor and memory here are the same as in other Nokia Lumia - 620 and 720 closest to it. This is a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 with MSM8227 chipset and Adreno 305 graphics accelerator with a frequency of 1 GHz. But volume random access memory - Only 512 MB, which, however, was much more surprised in Lumia 720 and was the most significant disadvantage. A small amount of RAM means that some three-dimensional games on the smartphone will not start. For example, the most discerning TEMPLE RUN. For the rest - "social", FullHD films and the overwhelming majority of productivity games enough for the eyes. Not to mention freely flying windows interface 8. Since the characteristics of "iron" are the same, then the results in synthetic tests in Lumia 520 are similar to the 720th model. The package of pre-installed applications here is about the same as in other models. I want to once again note successful navigation programsBut for the details of the Nokia Lumia 720 for details. Here I also note excellent synchronization of calendars, mail and other things: the tasks inscribed in the Calendar during the testing of Lumia 720 due to the general Microsoft identifier appeared on Lumia 520: the calendar joyfully reminded me that I had an intention on Fridays to run. The sound in the smartphone is medium, only in no case use a complete headset, it is more than disgusting.
Autonomy
The Lumia 520 hit the removable battery with a capacity of 1430 ma-h. It is less than that of Lumia 720 (2000 ma-h), but there the bright screen "eats" more energy. Nevertheless, the older model is slightly, but wins in the younger autonomous work. In a normal smartphone (camera, calls, SMS, player, mail, surfing), the device is running day 1.5, twists video - a little less than 6 hours.
In the dry residue
In my opinion, Nokia Lumia 520 is an excellent smartphone, in its price category - one of the best incarnation and opportunities. From the iron side, these features are somewhat limited to 512 MB of RAM: some three-dimensional games of this smartphone and even his colleagues with the same problem are simply not available. On the other hand, the smartphone is limited by a small amount useful programs in Windows MARKET.. I was bored, for example, the absence of a normal video player in which I could connect subtitles or switch the sound track. The disadvantages are compensated by the rapidly balanced work of the smartphone, the super-sensitive screen sensor, an excellent navigation system and simply high ergonomic for very little money.
4 Reasons to buy Nokia Lumi 520:
- The most affordable smartphone on Windows 8;
- Well-working navigation system;
- Cute body with good assembly and replaceable panels;
- Sensitive screen with IPS matrix.
3 reasons not to buy Nokia Lumi 520:
- Windows Phone 8: There is not all applications necessary, some are paid;
- Lack of a front camera;
- 512 MB of RAM, not all toys will go.
Windows Phone is the freshest of the mobile OS common today. However, for some two and a half years, she has undergone a number of important changes. First of all, this applies not to functionality, but positioning the platform. At first, at its base, the devices of the middle and high price categories were released. The microsoft then made a ventrant in the direction of the budget segment - appeared Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh with reduced requirements for the "hardware" of smartphones.
Due to the small amount of memory on such devices, it was managed not all applications. And although in its price segment "trimmed" models looked not bad, users basically preferred "state employees" on android database. With the Nokia Lumia 520 exit, everything can change. At first glance, at the price of the phone, users receive a full-fledged smartphone based on the actual OS, with a good IPS screen and without restrictions like trimmed memory. Even the microSD slot is! Is there good Lumia 520 and is it capable of becoming a badge device for Nokia? We will understand in a detailed review.
Design
The Lumia 520 design repeats the Lumia 510 model - in this case, the lid also represents something like a locher, covering not only the back of the smartphone, but also its ends. But the design became stricter: in the novelty, instead of rounded, sharp corners are used, which is related to the device with older models of the Lumia Sample Lumia line.
Sharp corners and rounded ends remind of chocolate tile, especially if you put a smartphone "face" down. In hand, such a design is not bad. Perhaps some discomfort would be felt in the case of larger dimensions in a well-selected rectangular shape.
At the youth orientation of the smartphone, multi-colored replaceable panels are indicated, like Lumia 510. We have a Lumia 520 in the White Corps. Plastic matte, slightly rough. Such texture is resistant to fingerprints, but susceptible to the mud, which will be difficult to remove.
Unfortunately, Nokia saved the oleophobic coating of the glass protecting the glass. The front panel is instantly dumping and looks completely unprepared. The first time is trying to wipe the screen after each use of the phone. Then it gets bored, and you have to put up with a constantly stabbed display. It is a pity, because it is unlikely that the oleophobic coating is so expensive that it can significantly affect the final price of the device.
Assembling smartphone is a good, the case does not creak, the battery sits tightly, all the details are well seen to each other. However, we had concerns that over time the lid can break out - it is too easy. All three hardware buttons, traditionally spread on the right end, do not cause any questions: are pressed clearly, they perform from the housing to a millimeter-one and a half, which makes them comfortable blindly. The camera key towers even more clearly, which is very good, given its two-position move.
Despite the same screen size from Lumia 520 and Lumia 510, developers managed to slightly reduce the novelty. In the length and width, the smartphone lost almost a millimeter. Thickness and at all 9.9 mm, which is one and a half millimeters less compared to the predecessor. The device weighs 130 g, so does not waste hand and does not pull a shirt pocket, such as Lumia 920.
The appearance of the Lumia 520 leaves positive impressions. Yes, in the design of the smartphone there are no sings and unexpected decisions, he does not pretend to the title of the most beautiful phone. But the model is suitable for different categories of users, not only young people, is distinguished by high-quality assembly and pleasant appearance. For a budget smartphone, this is very important.
Display
It was the screen that caused us most of all the numbers during the acquaintance with Lumia 510. The use of a matrix that displays only 65 thousand colors caused associations with smartphones in the summer windows control Mobile.
The IPS-display installed in the Lumia 520 behaves much better and does not shock the gradient with clearly designated boundaries between the shades, as was the case with the predecessor. The remaining specifications remained the same: 4 inches diagonal and 480 × 800 pixel resolution (about 235 PPI).
Speaking about the quality of the image, the main thing to remember is that we are not dealing with flagship model. There is no ClearBlack layer here, and the IPS matrix does not apply to the top - white color when changing the viewing angle, other than the direct, becomes dirty-gray, and the black varies violet. And yet, for the smartphone of this price category, the screen is good. It does not translate with saturation and contrast, and such problems with the inverting colors, like TN-matrices, no.
With the behavior of the display in the sun is not everything smoothly. First, the screen glances, and the absence of a oleophobic coating and, as a result, permanently appearing divorces prevent the image further, although it remains readable. Secondly, automatic setting The display brightness is not too diligent. If you trust it, the backlight in most cases will function at a low or medium level. This will be well affected by the time of autonomous operation of the device, but rebuilding the impression from the dusk screen. We advise you to install the maximum display backlight level in the settings.
While it is irrelevant, but in the fall and winter owners of Lumia 520 will appreciate the opportunity to work with the touchscreen "dressed" with their hands. Checked in leather and woolen gloves - management is just as responsive as in the flagship Lumia 920.
If we compare with the recent Huawei Ascend W1 recently, which costs a little more expensive Lumia 520, then the screen of the Finnish apparatus looks advantageous. He is better about the balance of white, and as a bonus provides "glove" management.
Camera
The Lumia 520 photomodule left unexpectedly pleasant impressions. After remembering the terrible camera in Lumia 610, we feared to see something like or, at best, calculated on the quality, comparable to Lumia 510 optics.
In all three models, 5 megapixel cameras are used, but they differ from each other as heaven and earth. "Heaven" in this case - Lumia 520. There is no ugly "soap porridge", like Lumia 610, and noises are processed much better compared to Lumia 510. Perhaps, we have one of the best photo models among the smartphones of the budget level.
Especially good pictures made in daylight. Macror manifested himself. In the twilight or indoors show noises. In the dark, there is nothing special - Nokia left a smartphone without an outbreak.
Functionality
The program capabilities of Lumia 520 almost fully comply with what we wrote about in Lumia 920. Among the differences, it is worth mentioning except that the absence in the settings of the equalizer. By the way, and without him in good headphones The smartphone sounds worthy, and, as it seemed to us, no worse than the flagship model.
Games, video, interface, switching between applications, web surfing - everything works well, quickly, smoothly. This is a great advantage of Lumia 520 in front of budget models under android management. The latter possess similar technical characteristicsBut slow down when turning out desktops and scrolling pages in the browser.
The smartphone received 8 GB of integrated memory, from which the user is less than 5 GB. Fortunately, multimedia content can be thrown into memory card. In Lumia 510, we will remind, the microSD slot is not, moreover, the volume of the installed drive is limited to 4 GB. The Huawei Ascend W1 apparatus also received only 4 GB, but supports memory cards, so we will consider it equal to Lumia 520.
Battery life
Oh, it is a pity to recognize, but by such an indicator, as battery life, WP devices begin to pass. The number of nuclei and clock frequency processor, the diagonal and screen resolution increases. Surely Windows Phone 8 has become delicious to consume energy, while the capacity of the batteries remains the same.
Lumia 520 batteries with a capacity of 1430 mAh had enough for the working day of intensive use. Skype, notifications included, about half an hour, a little music, an hour-and-and-and-a half wandering over the Internet, several calls with a total duration of up to 20 minutes - in this mode, the smartphone is charged in the morning in the morning of the same day.
With less active use, the battery will last day. If it is still to trust the auto-tuning of the display backlight and turn on the cost savings mode, then from Lumia 520, probably, it turns out to squeeze a day and a half offline work. Smartphone Huawei. Ascend W1 showed itself almost twice as hardy, low-power Lumia 510 also keeps the older fellow.
Pricing
Success or failure of any phone does not last long depend on the price. This statement is especially important for Lumia 520, which is positioned as the cheapest WP8 smartphone.
In the US, the model can be bought for only $ 150 without any obligations. This is an unprecedented low price that can turn the entire market. inexpensive smartphones And finish all the live segment of ordinary phones worth $ 100-200.
We have, as it often happens to mobile devices, With the pricing of Lumia 520 everything is different. As soon as the model was on sale, it could be bought for $ 210. This is, of course, more expensive than in the United States, but not critical.
However, after a few days, the cost of the apparatus jumped to $ 270 and stubbornly approaches $ 300. This actually displays Lumia 520 from the category of budget models in the segment of inexpensive "middling". With this scenario, the smartphone has to compete with HTC 8S, Huawei Ascend W1 and even with Lumia 620.
Another option is to buy Lumia 520 from the Velcom operator. Subject to the conclusion of the request for the use of the company's services during the six months, the device will cost approximately $ 230 in the equivalent. Before American prices are still far away, but in the Belarusian reality, such a proposal looks tempting - there is no competitors. Unless not counting last year's, from a technical point of view, hopelessly retired android models.
Content:This year was presented and released in the sale of several inexpensive models, Nokia Lumia 520 is precisely about their number. For the Russian buyer, Nokia's name still means a lot, and get an affordable gadget, where there is everything you need, quite a few buyers will want. Choosing now for myself a smartphone with "squares" on the desktop, you will have to accept the lack of a variety of modern games, problems with multimedia players. But at the same time it is impossible not to note that the platform develops that over the past two years is a significant progress. In addition, the eighth generation of smartphones, which appeared after models on Windows Phone 7.5 and 7.8, offers more opportunities. Now there is a memory card support, performance has improved, a lot of improvements have a lot to look at these models in a new way.
Nokia Lumia 520 is for sale for 7 thousand rubles, the smartphone is not the cheapest of the device on the WP8. However, if you do not want to buy gadgets from Alcatel or Huawei, and the products of the famous manufacturer are required, that is, it makes sense to pay attention to Nokia Lumia 520.
Equipment:
- smartphone
- nokia WH-108 stereo headlight
- battery
- Nokia CA-190CD USB Cable
- nokia AC-50 Charger
- brief instructions
Design
Copying own developments continues, Nokia smartphones are very similar to each other and differ mostly only with dimensions. This policy is now observed in many manufacturers, so everyone is free to evaluate it in its own way.
I think it is rather plus than minus. Nokia has an attentive approach to design, trying to create beautiful and comfortable things, so that Nokia Lumia 520's cute forms should like most.
I got a bright red apparatus, youth colors should look target audienceOf course, sold and less catchy colors: white, black, blue, red and yellow.
Phone sizes are as follows: 120x64x10 mm, weight 124 g. As can be seen, the average values \u200b\u200bfor its class is a normal indicator. All controls are located in convenient locations, it is easy to reach them, everything is at hand.
At the bottom of the three standard touch keys.
Above the screen approximation and light sensor, as well as a spoken speaker.
There is nothing left, on the right three buttons: Volume control, screen lock and key to shoot.
The connectors are located in different ends: at the top of the 3.5 mm headphone output, at the bottom of the port microUSB.
Removable rear panel It is made of matte plastic, it is not a slippery, the smartphone is pleasantly felt in hand. Coating wear-resistant, it should not scatter over time. The lid is kept tightly, it is reliably, but the creak can appear over time. Inside to plastic, a foam pad is glued, which plays the role of an additional shock absorber, but it does not save.
Inside lies the battery, two connectors are provided: one for Microsim, the second for microSD.
Display
The screen diagonal is 4 inches, the resolution of 480x800 points, the density of points 235 PPI. The capacitive sensor supports 5-point multitouch, and also reacts to touching the fingers in gloves.
As in many budget decisionsThere is no oleophobic coating, so there may be some inconvenience when you have to clean the surface.
IPS matrix with good color reproduction, the display is bright, but on the street the data is read no matter. In this model, Nokia saved and deprived an additional layer smartphone. But there are all the necessary sensors: lighting sensor, approximation, orientation.
Filling
The smartphone is equipped with a modern dual-core 1 GHz processor Qualcomm MSM8227, 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB of own. Adreno 305 is responsible for the graph. According to Android devices, the specification is modest, but for WP solutions it is enough to quickly work without glitches. So the smartphone in this plan looks promising, no one will complain about sudden brakes. Unfortunately, part of the games here does not start here, so with resource-intensive applications the case is not very good here. If you want to play, it is better to look at smartphones where 1 GB of RAM is available.
8 GB of Plus 7 GB in "Cloud" SkyDrive and MicroSD Slot, which works fine with volumes up to 64 GB inclusive.
Interface
On the lock screen can be any image, user installed. Here you can see information about time and date. At the bottom of the event string, the icons of new messages or calls will be displayed, if such remained unregulated user. There was an opportunity to display additional data, for example, there will be notifications from customers from social networks or weather.
On the desktop, the tile icons are disputable at their own request. Their size is configured, now you can choose from three different formats, up to 4 labels are immediately added, and not 2, as it was before.
In the menu in alphabetical order, all programs that are installed in the phone are listed. This includes both standard applications and subsequently added by the device owner. For the menu design, two backgrounds are offered: black or white, as well as a rich palette from multicolored topics that allows you to quickly change appearance Smartphone.
Contacts
The phonebook is divided into three sections. The first shows all the names that are in the device's memory. The second brings those used most often, these are the most popular contacts. The last graph will combine together the news from social networks. For example, Twitter or Facebook.
The new user gets the name, surname, patronymic, place of work, alias, appeal, image. He is assigned several numbers of phones of different types: mobile, home, worker, organization, pager, fax. Three types of email are set. Contacts are given additional fields. This address, site, birthday, note, anniversary, close man, children, office location, position. As a ringtone, you can install not only one of the files in the phone's memory, but also any other.
The search menu will help find the right person. The phone allows you to create user groups. They will be separately allocated before the common list of names. By adding users to each group, you can follow the life of friends, see their messages, pictures. Of course, it is permissible to write a letter, SMS or call them from here. The "Room" function appeared, which should be considered an example of a classic contact group, but with extended functionality: it is easy to communicate with a limited circle of people, exchanging pictures, calendar records or notes. Moreover, not only WP smartphones users are included in such a group, but also owners of other devices.
Calls
Telephone part is divided into four groups: call log itself, number set, phone book and search. Storing the section that was used for the last time, the device does not know how. Thus, for a dialing, you will always need to make an excess action associated with the transition from the call list to the virtual keyboard.
Latin characters are displayed on the virtual keyboard, but they will not help when dialing the numbers. The functions of the automatic selection of suitable numbers are not here. The list of calls is organized very simple. Here, the long version of the numbers is the whole challenge of calls. No matter, there were the same numbers or not. Combine the same type calls the phone does not know how.
Messages
Correspondence is formed in the form of two sections. The first consists of correspondence in the form of SMS and MMS, the other - from Facebook contacts. Messages are displayed by a column. If you reveal the correspondence window, messages will appear that are divided into blocks. In this case, incoming and sent SMS differ from each other with shades, which simplifies reading. In addition, the date and time of receipt of the message, the number or name of which is coming with.
The choice is offered portrait or landscape mode. In both cases, about half of the screen is given under the keyboard. A separate key is available for changing the input language. Another special button stores many emoticons in memory. Copy and insert text are supported.
The mailbox setup wizard is available, which works with popular mail services, so that Gmail, Yandex or Mail.ru users do not have any problems. Each account is assigned a name, the check box check interval is configured: push-mode, every 15, 30 or 60 minutes. In addition, you can check the mail manually. The duration of downloading correspondence is set, the text of the signature will be turned on, which will be displayed from the sent letter. Mailbox Offers several headlines - categories: all unread, to execution, important. A large font is allocated by the name of the sender, the contents of the letter are below the hubby text. The relevant is the time or date of receipt. New letters are highlighted in bright color.
The calendar
The device offers to select several ways to display information. This is a day painted by the day, a list of planned events or a task-out in a separate graph. In addition, all data is derived in the form of an ordinary plan for a month. At the same time, it is important to notice that in some squares it will be written, but it will not work out. The device allows you to simultaneously use several calendars, each of them is highlighted in different colors. In the settings you can change it by selecting one of possible options.
Browser
The browser allows you to simultaneously keep open to six windows. The speed of downloading resources is high, pleases and the operation of the application itself. It is fast, scrolling even volume sites occurs without delay. Unfortunately, the browser does not know how to adapt the scaled font under the border of the screen. You have to move on the page to see the hidden text.
The address string is downstairs, right under the fingers, which is very convenient. On the left there is an icon for rebooting the page, on the right opens additionally the menu. This is the story of the visited pages and bookmarks. The required resources can be added immediately to the desktop. In the application parameters, you can disable the saving cookies, select the view mode. This item allows you to activate a mobile or full version. The application is available in landscape or portal mode, finds the search for the desired words on the page.
Music
The phone supports formats.M4A, M4B, .mp3, .wma. The section with music and video is combined into a common group. Also here include podcasts, but there is no radio in this model. Another tab shows a story. The last list will show new data that has been added to the phone. In each of the categories, besides the first, file covers are displayed, it all looks very beautifully. The Music section will offer a list of files that are ordered by name depending on the selected criterion. The following options are available: Artists, Albums, Compositions, Playlists, Genres. If you click on one of the letters, you can use the function quick search Among the data.
The repeat mode is activated for all songs or only one. There is a mixed play mode. Also, the composition you like can be noted separately. If you press the Sound Adjustment button, a small menu will open, where the information about the track and the buttons for moving between the songs will appear. It is available and with a locked screen, which is convenient.
Nokia music
This kind of duplicate of the built-in player, however, in addition to the usual playback function, there is another: the use of playlists, which are created based on the Nokia music store. It can not only purchase licensed content, but also to listen to songs, but a good Internet connection will be required.
Video
The advantages of the updated software should include advanced support for codecs, so that many films smartphone will show after easy copying of data into its memory. There are three player control keys, as well as a scroll string that helps quickly move along the film. At the same time, it is impossible to say that the phone is capable of playing everything. Often, many videos have to convert before discarding the phone, as it was before, in the time of the mandatory use of Zune.
Camera
The smartphone has a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus. The shooting starts not only from the menu, but also using the selected key on the side. It is required to click on it and hold the finger for five seconds, after which you can take pictures. Two-position buttons, comfortable. You can shoot, touching the display with your finger, while setting the point for focusing. Excellent opportunity - Running shooting in a locked mode, it allows you to not spend up too much, and immediately start photographing.
Settings:
Shooting Mode: Auto, close-up, night mode, night portrait, sport.
ISO: Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800.
White balance: auto, cloudy, day, fluorescent, incandescent lamp.
The camera in the smartphone is no different in its capabilities of classmates, photographs of ordinary quality, typical average solution.
 Gallery Snapshots from the camera and other images fall into the general section. Pictures are sorted by albums, dates and people. Snapshots from Facebook come here if you add your account to your smartphone. View data is simply implemented and convenient. The folder matrix or 2 or 4x5 icons contained in it are displayed on the screen.
If you select the desired object, it will open on the display. You can change the scale of the picture of a multitatch or double clicking. Any image can be installed as lock screen, send MMS, e-mailPlace on Facebook or Twitter or upload in SkyDrive. Also, the image is added to the number of favorites, opens using a program for editing. The picture is possible to transfer and using applications, for example, to load on Twitter through an additional client.
Face recognition feature will mark the tags of people in the pictures. After this photo can be downloaded to Facebook. A built-in application for editing pictures, it will allow to apply different effects. The function of simultaneous selection of several pictures appeared, now it has become much more convenient to transmit files.
Applications Clock Several alarms are stored in memory. Each of them will set the signal time, repeat mode by day of the week. The choice is offered melodies from the device's memory. In addition, you can assign an alarm name.
The calculator offers all the necessary functions for calculations. If you turn the device to the side, the optional settings menu will open.
Office The section includes applications that work with Word, Excel, Power Point and One Note. Accordingly, these are programs for text documents, tables, presentations and notes. The device allows not only to view the data on the screen, but create new files of these types or edit existing ones. Settings are quite much, it is unlikely that someone will manually create a big presentation, but to make adjustments to the text document will be convenient. The document can be sent by email, lay out in SkyDrive or to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.
Navigation Nokia smartphone buyers get excellent Here Maps and Here Drive navigation. Cards with excellent details, street names in Russian. And it is worth noting that there is a numbering of houses. Several locality display modes are supported: Map Scheme, Satellite and Scheme with public transport. It is convenient to put movement routes, cards are available in offline mode. The path from one point to another both by car and by public transport or on foot is calculated. At the same time indicate key points, You can appreciate the entire upcoming road in advance.
The 2D and 3D mode is implemented, as well as the interface in dark colors in order to be more convenient to use navigation in the dark. You can download required maps terrain, as well as a package with voice prompts. If you wish, you can take a smartphone with you to any country of the world and use it even in offline mode, which is very convenient.
Score Each application is equipped with screenshots and pictures icon. The price is indicated, while it is given in the currency of the state, the information about which is indicated in the account. The rating of the program, reviews, its size is displayed. If you wish, you can download the demo version and try it. It is inconvenient that in the smartphone there is no separate list of purchased software, such an opportunity is missing.
Connections The smartphone supports operation in the frequencies GSM850 / 900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, there is a GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS, Wi-Fi 802.11 B / G / N works well, we accept confident, passwords are saved. In this case, the screen lock causes a shutdown from Wi-Fi network. Bluetooth 3.0 with EDR will allow listening to music on wireless headphones. The smartphone can work as a network access point for other devices. In addition, DLNA support appeared. A large advantage of new smartphones has become free copying of data, which eliminates the need to work with Zune. Now the smartphone is defined as an external disk, the content is copied easily and quickly, which was not enough for users before.
Working hours Battery capacity is 1430 mAh. Nokia declares up to 14.8 hours of talk mode, up to 360 hours of standby, 61 hours in listening mode. Usually, the smartphone works about 1.5-2 days at an average load, but with intensive use it can be discharged in one day. Conclusion First of all, I want to compare Nokia Lumia 520 c. From the latter there were exclusively negative emotions, while this model turned out much more successful. It costs much more high-quality screen, performance has improved, the filling has become more powerful, the connector has been added under the memory card. If you want to save money, then Lumia 520 will be an adequate solution in terms of price and quality ratio: Windows Phone 8 for moderate money, as well as a good set of useful programs. Devices from Huawei and Alcatel Less than the Beach, when other WP8 backgrounds from Nokia are more expensive.
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TFT (Thin Film Transistor) - Liquid-crystalline displays based on thin-film transistors with an active matrix. For each pixel, there are three transistors corresponding to three colors (RGB red, green, blue). At the moment, these are the most common displays with a number of advantages over other displays. They differ in minimal response time and rapid development - a constantly growing resolution and number of colors. The most common displays data in the middle class phones and above are the most common. Work permits for them: 128x160, 132x176, 176x208, 176x220, 240x320 and other, less common. Examples: Nokia N73 (240x320, 262 thousand colors), Sony Ericsson K750i (176x220, 262 thousand colors), Samsung D900 (240x320, 262 thousand colors). TFT is very rarely used as external display for clamshells.
CSTN (Color Super Twisted Nematic) - Colored liquid crystalline displays with a passive matrix. Each pixel of such a display consists of three combined pixels, which correspond to three colors (RGB). Some time ago, almost all phones with color displays were based, precisely, on such a type. And now the lot of such displays is budget models. The main minus of such displays is their slowness. The undoubted advantage of such displays is their cost, it is significantly lower than TFT. Based on simple logic, it can be assumed that in the future TFT will displacing such a type of displays from the mobile machine market. The evolution of chromaticity of such displays is quite extensive: from 16 to 65536 colors. Examples: Motorola V177 (128x160, 65 thousand colors), Sony Ericsson J100i (96x64, 65 thousand colors), Nokia 2310 (96x68, 65 thousand colors).
UFB (Ultra Fine and Bright) - liquid crystalline displays with increased brightness and contrast on the passive matrix. It can be said that this is an intermediate option between CSTN and TFT. This type of displays boasts lower power consumption compared to TFT. For the most part, such displays used Samsung in middle-class phones. This type Displays have not received widespread. Examples: samsung C100/110 (128x128, 65 thousand colors).
TN is one of the TFT screens matrix types. If rude, TN is the simplest and cheap TFT matrices. The viewing angles are the most narrow.
The phone bought for his money, so the criticism will be. For a couple of months I used this smartphone (and I use this day) to fold the more complete impression of Microsoft ® Windows Phone® 8.1 and make a small comparison with Android.
Who is interested - I ask under the cat :)
It has always been a lightening product promotion, one way or another approved by Mao. It all started with Star A2000, then Lenovo A750, and now Lenovo A820. And always MTK, Android and their minor problems.
Choosing a smartphone season 2014-2015 fell on Xiaomi Red Rice 1s, but some of his problems pushed me away. I decided to try "low blood" at the same time a corporate and unusual smartphone. Apple decisions after the death of Steve and the lack of a vulnerability in Chip A5 and older, as well as IOS 7 pushed me away.
Was heard that WP 8 did not get rid of the remnants of the seventh version, even it works smoothly and stable, I decided to try everything for $ 93 (at that time, even on the "old" course). Initially, the requirements were as follows: preferably nokia, no more than $ 100 and is the ability to install 8.1.
In the final battle of comparison, Nokia Lumia 520 won, losing 8s (because it was doubtful that it was updated). Bought with promising Jailbreak Jailbreak.
The technical characteristics of WP smartphones are interested in anyone, but suddenly:
Display: 4 "800x480 IPS
SOC: Qualcomm MSM8227, 1000 MHz (slightly inferior Snapdragon 200)
Own memory: 8 GB
Memory card slot: Yes
SIM card slot: 1 Micro Sim.
Akb: 1430 Mach removable
There is also a bluezub 4.0, GPS / GLONASS and 4G *
The parcel went to me for 23 days, which was already disagreeed with traditional 15 days. 
Unpacking
After opening the postal packaging, I saw a cardboard (you can say "green" packaging), which is not very similar to the one in which lumies for Russia lie.
Later, I found out that this is a packaging for imaging America, and the phone itself for the AT & T operator, but is unlocked by IMEI.
Inside there was a fairly scarce equipment: 
The instruction was from Lumia 820, but who reads it? :)
After switching on (it was already configured) I saw these same tiles: 
Children under 18 - point to your account microsoft records Age 18+, otherwise the device will not set any applications at all (and even update) without the consent of the parents. It is treated without flashing and SMS, but by reviews very many stumbled upon it.
Initially, WP 8.0 was installed, after a series of OTA updates (about 1.5 GB) I received a coveted 8.1 and now my desktop looks like this: 
Ironically, I received from familiar broken HTC 8S, on which the official 8.1 came out, then was recalled.
In smoothness 8.0 is better than 8.1, but just starting with 8.1 we can say that WP is a modern mobile platform. Even next to Lenovo A820 is not worth it. Comparing WP 8.1 and iOS 8.1 coming to the conclusion that Microsoft in some aspects even exceeds competitors (smoothness, stability)
But where is the criticism? Where is all my anger? And he is already here!
Release perfect products - this is not about Microsoft. If in programmatic level Serious problems found were not found, then you need to set up with hardware:
1. The battery does not fit enough enough to the contacts, thereby turning the phone when shaking and turns off. It is solved by placing a papers under the battery compartment (however it interferes with closing the lid, which is extremely uncomfortable
2. Dust, dust everywhere. 2014, and dust searched under the screen - still occurs, even from branded smartphones. There are no such problems on my "sloths".
3. The weakest place is hardware keys. The pusher breaks very often. The first button is broken, then the volume button to reduce: 
(In the photo, the push button pusher simply dropped and fell into the case)
Initially thought I was Hulk. But no, judging by the reviews in Yandex Market.
The housing is very slippery, and the location of the power button is the most inconvenient, which I came across.
Comparison with Android:
The system provides a voice assistant in Russian, working without the Internet (and with the Internet is better), but the functionality is only able to open applications and include the necessary music.If installed English And the country of the United States, then access to Cortana, which is also inferior to S-VOICE and SIRI.
Applications in Market Many, but! Setuating with applications is now reminded by 2011-2012, when Google Play began to rake a little garbage. Popular applications either have or present their copies. All the location of the marketer can be expressed as: there is no choice. For some particular task, there is only one application, the convention is very poorly developed.
Unlike the same android, where a huge selection of applications, what the phone will not be capricious: I will not put it, I need 1 GB of RAM to play in Subway Surfers (half a year ago I corrected this jamb).
System animations in the highest priority, so that problems with applications - they simply hang, without reaction, but there are no sharp animations, especially at 8.0, where everything is too slow, although there is a time to enjoy the draw :)
The system interface is very unusual, and small shortcomings (for example, the absence of a mobile Internet switching toggle in a curtain) - do not correct what can cause some pain.
It connects through the MTP protocol, which can create some problems to users not Windows, and the exchange rate is not ahti.
Camera:
The quality of the pictures is satisfactory, about the iPhone level 4. The most important problem is slowness, because When shooting, he always tries to use HDR anyway.
Big photo
In conclusion, I can say that this is a good smartphone to get acquainted with WP, as well as for a user awaiting stability (and as a second smartphone). Although for less money, one Russian firm offers an even better device on WP 8.1, but you will find it;)
By tradition (where without it):
(Breaking for lumia!) 
Footnotes:
In America (or rather in AT & T), the word 4G is not called LTE, but only 3.5G (HSUPA)
Thanks for attention!
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